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Franklin & Marshall - 2009 champions


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  • 20 Named to Winter Academic Honor Roll
    (April 2) - Two-hundred thirty-four students from seven different winter sports, including 20 men's swimmers, have been named to the Centennial Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll. To be nominated for the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, a student must meet the following criteria: (a) participates in at least 50 percent of contests, matches or meets, or in the Conference varsity championship in swimming, indoor track & field or wrestling; (b) a sophomore or higher in class standing; (c) cumulative GPA of 3.40 or higher. Two students also received All-Conference recognition during the season - Franklin & Marshall's Matt Jaffee and Swarthmore's Stephen Shymon.

    F&M's Grabiak Earns Third All-America Honor at NCAAs
    (March 22) - Call it a hat trick ... or a triple play ... as Franklin & Marshall junior Tom Grabiak picked up his third All-America honor in three nights at the 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming championship in Minneapolis. Grabiak capped off an outstanding season with a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke on Saturday in a Conference-record time of 2:01.66. He also earned All-America laurels in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM.

    Diplomats Wrap Up Fifth Straight Title
    (February 22) - "Franklin & Marshall's men's swim team smashed the Centennial Conference record for team points in a championship en route to picking up the Diplomats' fifth consecutive title and seventh overall. F&M scored 910.5 points over the three day meet, eclipsing the record of 780 set by the 2005 Diplomats. Tom Grabiak was named the meet's Outstanding Performer for the second-straight season. He picked up three individual gold medals and four relay gold medals to go along with an automatic qualifier in the 200-yard breaststroke and NCAA B-Cuts in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley."
      Records Broken (6)
    • 400 Medley Relay: F&M, 3:26.90 (CC, meet)
    • 100 Breast: Tom Grabiak, F&M, 56.91 (CC, meet)
    • 200 Medley Relay: F&M, 1:34.20 (CC, meet)
    • 800 Free Relay: F&M, 7:00.31 (CC, meet)
    • 100 Free: Douglas Gilchrest-Scott, Swarthmore, 46.48 (CC, meet)
    • 200 Breast: Tom Grabiak, F&M, 2:03.62 (CC, meet)

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    Calling All Centennial Alums! We want you to join us ... on Facebook. Did you play a sport in the Conference? Do you still follow your old classmates? Do you still look online to see the scores of your alma mater's games? Then we want you! We have started a page on Facebook that will allow you to renew old ties - both with teammates and opponents - and keep you up-to-date with what is going on in the Centennial Conference. Join us on Facebook. Just log-in and search for "Centennial Conference."

    STANDINGS CC All
    Franklin & Marshall 6-0 6-5
    Gettysburg 5-1 6-3
    Swarthmore 4-2 5-4
    Dickinson 3-3 6-3
    Washington 2-4 6-5
    Ursinus 1-5 4-7
    McDaniel 0-6 2-6

    Schedule

    February 20-21-22
    Centennial Conference championship
    Franklin & Marshall 910.5, Swarthmore 686.5, Gettysburg 566, Dickinson 408, Washington 339, Ursinus 296, McDaniel 207.

    Outstanding Performer
    Tom Grabiak, Franklin & Marshall